Biden Administration Is Suing Missouri Over Gun Rights

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Last year, Missouri passed a gun rights bill into law. This law allows citizens to sue state or federal agencies for $50,000 if they prove their Second Amendment rights were violated. The Biden administration does not like this law and is attempting to sue the state of Missouri, hoping we will back down and give up our rights. Here are the details.

Missouri’s Law

Missouri’s law went into effect August, 2021. It is called the Second Amendment Preservation Act. This law allows private citizens to sue state or local officials for up to $50,000 if they believe their Second Amendment rights have been violated.  This is being considered one of the most far-reaching gun rights bills enacted in the U.S [1].

Justice’s Argument

Biden’s Justice Department claims that this law blocks officials from federal gun laws. This department claims that the law

uniquely discriminates against federal agencies and employees, impairs law enforcement efforts, and contravenes the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution [2].

This law is set up to protect Missouri citizens from the federal government, or even local governments, from taking away the right to bear arms, even if the federal government makes laws contradicting that right.

The Biden administration has opposed the law since its signing in 2021, with the DOJ telling a court the law was unconstitutional last August. 

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt released a statement after the department’s announcement defending the law.

After their disastrous arguments in the Missouri Supreme Court last week, the Biden Department of Justice has now filed yet another partisan lawsuit that seeks to attack Missourians’ Second Amendment rights [3]

Schmitt went on to say,

Time and again, the Biden Administration has put partisan politics ahead of public safety. Make no mistake, the law is on our side in this case, and I intend to beat the Biden Administration in court once again [4]


Notes:

  1. ^https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-03-01/justice-department-says-missouris-gun-law-is-causing-significant-harm-to-public-safety (go back  ↩)
  2. ^https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/politics/missouri-gun-rights-law-doj-lawsuit/index.html (go back  ↩)
  3. ^https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/594660-biden-administration-sues-missouri-over-controversial-gun-rights (go back  ↩)
  4. ^https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/594660-biden-administration-sues-missouri-over-controversial-gun-rights (go back  ↩)

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